The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154111   Message #3618610
Posted By: Phil Edwards
14-Apr-14 - 08:44 AM
Thread Name: Headland Festival (Hartlepool), 12-13/4
Subject: RE: Headland Festival (Hartlepool), 12-13/4
I didn't get to many concerts - to the point where it would have been cheaper not to get an armband - but I'm not complaining. In years to come I think I'll remember it as one continuous song session, from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. If you like that kind of thing, you would have liked the Headland.

One memory to stand for many. Leading off The Innocent Hare can be a bit of a gamble - there's a repeat straight after the first line, then the call-and-response in the second line. (If the room's a bit quiet I sometimes just take the second line myself.)

Anyway, I led it off on Saturday morning, with no idea who was going to come in (if anyone). Takeup of the repeat was pretty good. Then:

Go tell your sweet lover -
- THE HOUNDS ARE OUT!


I had no idea who'd come in with that line - they were to my left & slightly behind me - but I would have happily stopped singing and listened to them instead; it sounded fantastic. I sneaked a look to my left between verses: Dave Webber and Anni Fentiman. Many thanks to them!